User:Rehman

Home Talkpage Email Global acc. Hello and welcome to my userpage! Rehman — Wikipedian ♂ — Randomly generated image from my uploads. Full collection at the bottom of this page! Born Manama, Bahrain Current location Colombo, Sri Lanka Current time 16:29, 17 August 2024 IST [refresh] Interests Astronomy Meteorology Sust. living Travelling PC Building Photography Hiking Ren. energy Archiving Account statistics Joined 23 May 2008 (16 years, 2 months and 25 days ago) Signature Rehman Activity WikiProjects Birds, Dams, Energy, Geography, Infoboxes, Maps, Mountains, Rivers, Sri Lanka, Skyscrapers, Templates, Wikidata, WikiProject Council. Stats Actions log Global accounts Global Contribs Edit counter (enwiki) Edit counter (commons) Articles created Senior Editor II Veteran Administrator III Hello, I'm Rehman. I was born in Manama and have lived there for about a decade, before moving to my current location in Colombo, Sri Lanka. My interests include researching, photographing, writing about, and developing renewable energy (particularly solar and wind power), and limnology (i.e. dams and rivers), hence my work here on Wikipedia (and Commons) also mostly circle around these areas. Things I enjoy include travelling, hiking, community work (cleanups, building/renovating schools, etc), building computers, photography, star gazing, and most things in between. My real-life work experience includes banking, renewable energy, and cybersecurity. Outside content writing, I work on improving infoboxes and navigation templates, attend to admin tasks on the English Wikipedia and Commons, Wikidata-related work, offline Wiki(m)pedia outreach, and other related things. Wherever needed, I also help improve policy and guideline pages, as I strongly believe that these pages need to be very simple, clear, and up to date, particularly on rapidly growing sites like Wikipedia and Commons. If you require any private assistance, including stopping cyberbullies, please feel free to email me and I'd be glad to assist in whichever way I can. If you are interested in topics relating to, or are from Sri Lanka, do consider joining the Wikimedia Community User Group for Sri Lanka. It is an official Wikimedia usergroup for interested editors, regardless of language background or which Wikimedia project your are contributing to. We are on the lookout for more experienced hands in order to do more serious projects with wider impact (such as FOP in Sri Lanka!). Your assistance in spreading awareness of this group is also much welcomed. You may also wish to join Wikimedia-LK, the usergroup's official mailing list. Wikimedia Projects This userpage is the homepage of Rehman's global account This user is an administrator on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user is an administrator on Wikimedia Commons. (verify) This user is identified by the Wikimedia Foundation (verify) This user is a member of the OTRS Team (verify) This user is active on IRC. English Wikipedia This user has been contributing to Wikipedia for more than ten years. This user contributes to FL, FA, GA, DYK, and ITN. On the last check, this user has created over 300 articles This editor is a Senior Editor II and is entitled to display this Rhodium Editor Star. This editor is a Veteran Administrator III and is entitled to display this Silver Service Badge. Personal This is an introvert. This user is agnostic. This user does not drink or smoke. This user loves to travel, and hopes to travel to at least one other country every year. This user is an aggressive defender of the earth, and has no limits when it comes to saving what's left. This user is fascinated by extreme nature. This user loves animals. This user enjoys gardening. Babel Babel user information en-N This user has a native understanding of English. si-3 මෙම පරිශීලකයා‍ට සිංහල භාෂාව පිළිබඳ උසස් දැනුමක් ඇත. ar-1 هذا المستخدم لديه معرفة أساسية بالعربية. hi-1 इस सदस्य को हिन्दी का प्राथमिक ज्ञान है। ta-1 இந்தப் பயனர் தமிழில் அடிப்படை அறிவைக் கொண்டவர். Users by language My work and work-in-progress (Full list) Lists and article groups List of largest power stations (and linked articles) List of power stations in Sri Lanka (and linked articles) Sojitz Kelanitissa Power Station Koolair Power Station Kelanitissa Power Station Colombo Port Power Station Hambantota Wind Farm List of dams and reservoirs in Sri Lanka (and linked articles) Kantale Dam Maskeliya Dam Randenigala Dam Victoria Dam (Sri Lanka) Individual articles Trace City Integrated water and power plant Biyagama Water Treatment Plant Trams in Colombo Hambantota Refinery Sapugaskanda Refinery USI Tech Palk Strait bridge Sri Lanka Interbank Payment System Barrage (dam) Tidal barrage Tidal stream generator Dynamic tidal power Colombo International Financial City Kirigalpotta Tidal farm India–Sri Lanka HVDC Interconnection Electricity sector in Sri Lanka List of ports in Sri Lanka Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port Port of Colombo Individual lists (lot of pending work here) List of mountains of Sri Lanka List of rivers of Sri Lanka List of solar power stations List of thermal power stations Lists of hydroelectric power stations List of run-of-the-river hydroelectric power stations List of natural gas power stations List of coal power stations List of geothermal power stations List of tidal power stations List of wave power stations List of tallest twin buildings and structures Infoboxes {{Infobox power station}} {{Infobox dam}} {{Infobox river}} {{Infobox law enforcement agency}} Admin tasks Category:Candidates for speedy deletion (26) Category:All Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons (3) Category:All Wikipedia files with a different name on Wikimedia Commons (0) Category:Unsynchronized talk page redirects (5) Category:Unsynchronized disambiguation talk pages (12) Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion#Old_discussions This page is best viewed through Chrome, Edge, or Firefox, under a screen width of at least 1400 pixels. Today's motto... → Immodest words admit of no defence. For want of decency is want of sense. But foul descriptions are offensive still, Either for being like or being ill. Today's Featured Article Pan Am Boeing 707-121, similar to the one destroyed in the accident On December 8, 1963, Pan Am Flight 214 crashed near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 crew and passengers. Flight 214 had originated at Isla Verde International Airport in San Juan, flying to Friendship Airport near Baltimore, and then took off for Philadelphia. The crash was Pan Am's first fatal accident with the Boeing 707-121, which it had introduced to its fleet five years earlier. An investigation by the Civil Aeronautics Board concluded that the probable cause of the crash was a lightning strike that had ignited fuel vapors in one of the aircraft's fuel tanks, causing an explosion that destroyed the left wing. The exact manner of ignition was never determined, but the investigation increased awareness of how lightning can damage aircraft, leading to new regulations. The crash also led to research into the safety of several types of aviation fuel and into ways of changing the design of aircraft fuel systems to make them safer in the event of lightning strikes. (Full article...) Recently featured: Snooker iMac G3 Hudson Volcano Did You Know? Hayari Miyake ... that Japanese surgeon Hayari Miyake (pictured) cured Albert Einstein of a tropical fever? ... that after 1943, the Symphony for Strings by Georgy Sviridov was not played again until 2000? ... that non-white Samoan people were permitted to join the local branch of the Nazi Party in the 1930s? ... that a Philadelphia TV station shut down because of a family feud? ... that Ecco2K created a fashion brand when he was 16 years old by talking online to Chinese factory managers who did not know his age? ... that an 1814 British raid on a fort in Virginia was guided by an escaped slave of the American garrison commander? ... that the Mercer Art Gallery rediscovered little-known artist Eva Leigh and exhibited her work? ... that classical composer Carl Ludvig Lithander also worked as a teacher at a military academy? ... that South Korea has a day to celebrate North Koreans? On This Day... August 17 Richard Wagner 1668 – An earthquake struck the North Anatolia region, killing over 8,000 people. 1876 – The premiere of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner (pictured) closed the first Bayreuth Festival. 1914 – World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front. 1943 – World War II: The Royal Air Force began a strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany's V-weapon programme by attacking the Peenemünde Army Research Center. Matthew Boulton (d. 1809) Gene Stratton-Porter (b. 1863) Margaret Hamilton (b. 1936) Gerri Major (d. 1984) More anniversaries: August 16 August 17 August 18 In The News Paetongtarn Shinawatra Paetongtarn Shinawatra (pictured) becomes Prime Minister of Thailand after Srettha Thavisin is dismissed by the Constitutional Court. The World Health Organization declares the African mpox epidemic to be a global health emergency. Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashes in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board. Sheikh Hasina resigns as Prime Minister of Bangladesh following anti-government protests, and Muhammad Yunus is appointed leader of an interim government. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Lasse Björn Peter Marshall Kasper König Tuíre Kayapó Steve Symms Celestina Casapietra Wikipedia Signpost In the media: Portland pol profile paid for from public purse Recent research: STORM: AI agents role-play as "Wikipedia editors" and "experts" to create Wikipedia-like articles, a more sophisticated effort than previous auto-generation systems In focus: Twitter marks the spot News and notes: Another Wikimania has concluded Special report: Nano or just nothing: Will nano go nuclear? Opinion: HouseBlaster's RfA debriefing Traffic report: Ball games, movies, elections, but nothing really weird Humour: I'm proud to be a template Picture of the Day NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina, located northwest of the Carina Nebula at a distance of 9,100 ly (2,800 pc) from Earth. The two are often confused as a single object, and together have been nicknamed the "Gabriela Mistral Nebula" due to its resemblance to the Chilean poet. NGC 3324 was first catalogued by James Dunlop in 1826. This infrared photograph by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a young, star-forming region in the western section of NGC 3324 known as the "Cosmic Cliffs". Rehman's travels Experiencing the world is one of my greatest pleasures. I'm fortunate to have been able to travel to these countries: Spent days in: Visited airports: Lived in:   Idea copied from WereSpielChequers, who filched from StuffOfInterest, who lifted it from Harro5, who took it from Salsb, who stole it from Guettarda, who borrowed it from White Cat, as seen on Calton's page. Rehman's achievements, barnstars, and featured items... The Original Barnstar Rehman is kind, patient, incredibly knowledgeable and without a doubt knows wikimedia inside out. Even though I am a complete dunce regarding wiki he helped me at every stage and I now have a wonderful page which I am eternally grateful for. I count myself so lucky to have had the assistance of Rehman. He is a brilliant editor and a real gentleman Kareenza (talk) 06:12, 21 June 2018 (UTC) The Real-Life Barnstar For your companionship during Wikimania Takes Lake Como. –Daniel Case (talk) 19:45, 29 June 2016 (UTC) ★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★ Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Mouth of Deduru Oya If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 7 January 2016 ★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★ Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Kandalama Reservoir If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 7 January 2016 ★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★ Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 7 January 2016 ★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★ Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Victoria Dam and Reservoir, Sri Lanka If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 7 January 2016 ★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★ Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Cizre If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 1 January 2016 ★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★ Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Batman Dam If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 1 January 2016 ★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★ Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Oracle Corporation headquarters If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 1 January 2016 ★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★ Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Randenigala Dam If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 14 December 2015 ★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★ Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Devon Falls If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 14 December 2015 ★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★ Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Hydroelectric power plants in Sri Lanka If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 1 March 2015 Sri Lanka power Thank you for quality lists and articles on Sri Lanka rivers and power plants, such as List of dams and reservoirs in Sri Lanka and including projects such as Broadlands Dam, for projects maintenance and redirects, and for good memory, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 15 February 2015 (UTC) The Barnstar of Good Humor! Hello Rehman. You have signed my guestbook! Thank you very much.--Pratyya (Hello!) 04:27, 20 February 2013 (UTC) On 2 February 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page. The Excellent Userpage Award Congratulations on a very informative and beautifully presented user page! Johnfos (talk) 00:14, 8 December 2010 (UTC) On 30 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of largest power stations in the world, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that three of the four largest power stations in the world are in South America? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. The Working Man's Barnstar For your tireless contributions to improve power stations-releted templates and articles, I award to you this barnstar. Beagel (talk) 14:54, 27 November 2010 (UTC) The Template Barnstar For your innovations of Template:Infobox power station, here is a barnstar of appreciation.--NortyNort (Holla) 01:36, 18 October 2010 (UTC) The Secret Subpage Finder Barnstar This user has found Hi878's secret hidden sub page! Will you be the next one to find it? Try it here! The Resilient Barnstar I'm sorry your RfA failed, but well done for taking the criticism offered on the chin. I genuinely hope to see you back at RfA in a few months when you think those issues have been resolved. I have a failed RfA of my own, so I cna tell you it's not necessarily a bad thing! All the best, HJ Mitchell | fancy a chat? 15:35, 25 January 2010 (UTC) Rehman's guestbook Click here to sign! i love pasta dont sign me just dropped to say hi Hello! Here is my guestbook, which you can sign if you would like! NikolaiHo☎️ 03:50, 26 December 2017 (UTC) Dropped by to say hi! It felt nice to meet you in person. Netha (talk) 12:08, 8 November 2017 (UTC) Nice work on the Sri Lanka dams. ϢereSpielChequers 11:55, 29 December 2015 (UTC) PendingTell me I screwed up! 21:55, 23 January 2014 (UTC) Keep up the good work! -- œ™ 20:01, 2 September 2013 (UTC) Hi there.... Sign mine? KuwarOnline Talk 16:15, 6 March 2013 (UTC) Mediran wuzzz here... ! Haha... glad to sign here and nice to meet you! umm.. would you mind to sign my guestbook? Thanks, Mediran (t • c) 04:15, 23 February 2013 (UTC) Hey, Rehman, I really like your userpage! Greengreengreenred 18:55, 18 February 2013 (UTC) Nice page. Rehman nice to meet you also. Wanna give some time to mine??!!!--Pratyya (Hello!) 07:25, 18 February 2013 (UTC) Glad to sign your guestbook. Feel free to sign my guestbook [Guestbook] Thanks R♣MuthusamyTalk 12:29, 18 April 2012 (UTC) Algamicagrat (talk) 21:37, 15 March 2012 (UTC) Hello. sign mine? --Perseus8235 18:05, 11 February 2011 (UTC) Hello philip robinson here. Ilkeston1990 22:16, 4 January 2011 (UTC) Hey. Thanks for singing my guestbook. Returning the favor. ;) ΣПDiПG–STΛЯT 06:24, 5 December 2010 (UTC) Care to reciprocate? And thanks for the comment on my editor review! Ks0stm (T•C•G) 06:37, 4 December 2010 (UTC) Thx for signing mine! Smiley4541 (Click to Talk) 00:44, 24 November 2010 (UTC) Knowing guy Said: Hi,thanx!! I'm new here and completely illiterate in wikiing! :D 14:22, 21 November 2010 (UTC) NortyNort (Holla) wuz here!! 02:31, 12 November 2010 (UTC) Here's my real signature, and an offer to sign mine! Finalius (Ecru?!) 13:13, 7 November 2010 (UTC) Hi this is mine. Yasercs89 (talk) 11:06, 1 February 2021 (UTC)  Task complete. You're welcome! Huggums537voted! (sign🖋️|📞talk) 16:31, 21 March 2021 (UTC)  Done! Hello there! — Sundostund mppria (talk / contribs) 20:12, 27 February 2024 (UTC) Rehman's uploads The majority of my uploads can be classed into the below categories. Between 2019-12-01 and 2019-12-31, these files were viewed 3.5 million times, through 1,089 articles on 98 wikis. The stats exclude external usages (i.e. news articles, travel pages, etc). Source: Glamorgan. Aerial photographs - More in this category... 2012-09-30 - Ambewela Wind Farm 2019-10-24 - Cannons of HSBC Building, Hong Kong. 2016-08-04 - Palar Dam in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, India. 2016-06-19 - Çamlıgöze Dam, Turkey. 2019-10-23 - Lamma Power Station, Hong Kong 2011-10-02 - Oracle Corporation, San Francisco, United States. 2019-04-01 - Silopor facility, Trafaria, Portugal. 2016-06-19 - Ticino, near Milan-Malpensa Airport, Italy. 2016-06-19 - Turbigo Power Station, Turbigo, Italy. 2018-07-25 - Shorelines. 2018-07-25 - Roads near Cape Town, South Africa. 2019-04-01 - Wind farm in Panketal, Germany. 2012-07-04 - Mosul Dam, Mosul, Iraq. 2016-06-19 - Erzincan Airport, Turkey. Aircraft - More in this category... Organisms - More in this category... Green bee-eater Red-backed flameback Rose-ringed parakeet White-cheeked barbet White-throated kingfisher African penguin Indian paradise flycatcher Bengal monitor Lampyridae larva British shorthair with calico coat Tufted gray langur Brahminy blind snake Flowers of Passiflora edulis Purple heron Sky and space - More in this category... January 2020 lunar eclipse Sunset at Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. Sunset in Milan, Italy. A double rainbow in Ampara, Sri Lanka. Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019. Cloud formation. Washington, D.C., United States. Conjunction of the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter. Watercraft - More in this category... Submarine in Lisbon, Protugal. Wan Quig Sha, Colombo. Star Pisces, Hong Kong. SLCG Suraksha, Colombo. MSC Rafaela, Hong Kong.]] Hercules Highway, Colombo. 47 Nasr Events - More in this category... Wikimedia photo projects - More in this category... Others - More in this category... Non-photographic - More in this category... This is a Wikipedia user page. 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